New Delhi: Operationalisation of the skills regulator, an enhanced apprenticeship programme and rejuvenation of 2,500 ITIs to impart improved training to make youth job-ready are on the top of the agenda of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship for the next government.
A comprehensive agenda has been prepared so that no time is lost in setting up priorities, a senior government official told ET.
“Instead, we intend to immediately get down to work once a directive is issued,” the official, who is aware of the agenda, said on condition of anonymity. “It is urgent that the skills regulator gets going. It will have to be made functional soon for quality regulation and right convergence.” The official said a policy in this regard will be formalised soon.
The Union Cabinet had in October last year approved the merger of the regulatory institutions in the skills space —National Council for Vocational Training and National Skill Development Agency —into the National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET).
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The NCVET will regulate the functioning of entities engaged in vocational education and training, and establish minimum standards for them. Its primary functions will include recognition and regulation of awarding bodies, assessment bodies, skill-related information providers, approval of qualifications developed by awarding bodies and sector skill councils and indirect regulation of vocational training institutes through awarding bodies and assessment agencies. It will also focus on research, information dissemination and grievance redressal.
According to the official, the ministry will have to work with the states and attract public investments in Industrial Training Institutes to make them world-class. “We need to look at ways to handhold states and fund them to help them upgrade their ITIs,” the official added. Apprenticeship needs to be taken to the next level by augmenting capacities 10-fold across all levels. “Greater apprenticeship will be a win-win for both employer and the candidate and has immense job potential,” the official said.
Narendra Modi launched the Skill India Mission in 2015 with a vision to make India the “skill capital” of the world. The aim was to impart skills training to 400 million people by 2022 through flagship schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana, the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana.
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